Lydon and Callard top bill at Shropshire conference

Joe Lydon, the RFU Head of International Player Development, and Jon Callard, the RFU National Performance Academy Manager, will be keynote speakers at the third S12 Shropshire Rugby Conference later this month.

Lydon and Callard will be joined by Matt Ferguson, assistant coach of Aviva Premiership club London Welsh, who will be back on his home territory having worked as the first RFU Community Rugby Coach for Shropshire.

The conference will be held at Harper Adams University College near Newport on Sunday September 21 and has been organised by the Shropshire Rugby Development Group.

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